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Like Rats From A Sinking Ship Three top Jeb Bush fundraisers abruptly parted ways with his presidential campaign on Friday, amid internal personality conflicts and questions about the strength of his candidacy, POLITICO has learned. There are different versions of what transpired. The Florida-based fundraising consultants... Read More Ben Carson Edging Close to Front-Runner Trump in Latest Iowa Poll Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has emerged as a leading Republican presidential candidate in Iowa and is closing in on frontrunner Donald Trump in the state that hosts the first 2016 nomination balloting contest. The latest Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa... Read More Whatcha Gonna Do… Hulk Hogan: ‘I want to be Trump’s running mate. Vice President Hogan’ Former WWE pro-wrestler Hulk Hogan told TMZ Saturday he thinks America is ready for a Donald Trump/Hulk Hogan 2016 White House ticket. Asked by TMZ which presidential candidate he would want to take on in the ring, Mr. Hogan said... Read More Alaska judge refuses to halt Gov. Bill Walker’s unilateral Medicaid expansion plans A state judge refused Friday to halt Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s unilateral bid to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, turning back GOP lawmakers who asked him to shelve the plan until the courts can fully vet their lawsuit against the governor.... Read More Suspect arrested, charged in killing of Texas county sheriff’s deputy Authorities have charged a 30-year-old man with capital murder, after they say he ambushed a Texas county sheriff’s deputy at a suburban Houston gas station in an attack motivated by "absolute madness." Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman identified the man... Read More Armed patrols and spot checks planned for European trains UKSecurity on Europe's rail networks will be stepped up with cross-border armed patrols and increased spot checks on trains, European ministers said on Saturday. Tickets on international routes could also bear passengers' names, under a proposal to be considered by... Read More